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Father’s Day Miracle in Cowboys Star’s Family After HC Makes Historic Decision

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2026 NFL Draft: 5 Players Emerging as Early Sleepers Per Scouts

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Mike Tomlin Had No Words for Daughter’s Message on Sunday

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Pat McAfee Leads Celebrations as Joey Chestnut Announces ESPN Return After Dispute

Pat McAfee's all-in on Joey Chestnut's comeback train after a controversial ban from the competition last year.
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“Noah Lyles Is Still Scared of Me”: Tyreek Hill Continues Public Attack on Olympics Gold Medalist Over 100M Race

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HOF QB Issues Strong Advice to Tua Tagovailoa as Dolphins QB Asked to Follow Josh Allen’s Playbook

Steve Young shares crucial advice for Tua Tagovailoa as Dolphins QB faces career-defining challenge. Read the full story.
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History

In August 1920, representatives from four states: Akron, Canton, Cleveland, and Dayton, held a meeting and formed the American Professional Football Conference (APFC) to improve footballing standards in the country. A month later, they formed the American Professional Football Association (APFA) and played a league with 14 teams. In 1922, they changed the name to the National Football League (NFL).

In 1960, a new professional league, the American Football League (AFL) started as a competition against the NFL. After six years, in 1966, the two leagues announced a merger that would take effect in 1970. During the four years between the announcement and the actual merger, the leagues started playing a Championship game which was called The Super Bowl. Since then, the two leagues have been recognized as two separate conferences within the same league, the NFL.

Participating teams

There are 32 teams in the NFL divided equally into two conferences: National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). Each conference is further divided into 4 divisions: East, North, South, and West, with each division containing four teams.

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